Ukrainian forces shot down 72 drones on the night of September 14. This was reported by the Air Force Command, UNN reports.
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On the night of September 14, 2024, russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine using Shahed-type attack drones. A total of 76 drones were detected and tracked by the radio engineering troops of the Ukrainian Air Force.
The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and mobile fire groups of the Ukrainian Defense Forces. Thanks to air defense, 72 enemy drones were destroyed in 12 regions: Odesa, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kyiv, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Cherkasy, Vinnytsia and Sumy regions.
Two enemy drones were lost on the territory of Ukraine due to control failures, and two more returned to enemy territory.